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  Paris (AFP) May 15, 2017 "Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. Four-fifths of these additional premature deaths due to nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution occurred in three regions - the European Union, China and India, researchers reported in the journal Nature. NOx are poisonous gases that contribute to acid rain and combine with ammonia to create particles that can penetrate ... read more |
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Rising temperatures threaten stability of Tibetan alpine grasslandsAtlanta GA (SPX) May 15, 2017 A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in Asia's Tibetan Plateau, threatening the ability of farmers and herders to maintain the animals that are key to their existence, a ... more  
Nepal signs up to China's new Silk Road planKathmandu (AFP) May 12, 2017 Nepal on Friday signed up to China's new Silk Road drive, a massive infrastructure project spanning some 65 countries at the centre of the Asian giant's push to expand its global influence. ... more  
Two killed in Kashmir cross-border firingMuzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) May 11, 2017 Two people were killed in cross-border firing in Kashmir Thursday, one on each side of the disputed region's de facto border, officials in India and Pakistan said in the latest skirmishes between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more  
Modi heads to Sri Lanka as Chinese influence risesColombo (AFP) May 11, 2017 India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Sri Lanka on Thursday on a charm offensive as New Delhi seeks to reassert its influence on the island amid signs of a Chinese comeback. ... more |
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Rolls-Royce to provide logistical, engineering support for the KC-130J(UPI) May 10, 2017 Rolls-Royce has received a $78.7 million contract to provide logistical and engineering support for originally manufactured engines on the KC-130J tanker aircraft. The services will apply to the U.S. Marine Corps and aircraft in use by Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales program. ... more  
ISRO Successfully Launches GSAT-9 'SAARC' South Asian Communication SatelliteNew Delhi (IANS) May 08, 2017 An Indian rocket with the over two ton South Asia Satellite or GSAT-9, intended to address the region's "economic and developmental priorities", blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport on Friday ... more 
GSLV Successfully Launches South Asia SatelliteSriharikota, India (SPX) May 08, 2017 India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) successfully launched the 2230 kg South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) into its planned Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit May 05, 2017. The latest lau ... more  
Modern DNA reveals ancient origins of Indian populationWashington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017 Where did the earliest Indians come from? ... more 
Norway wealth fund drops Indian group over environment concernsOslo (AFP) May 5, 2017 Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has taken Indian industrial giant Bharat Heavy Electricals out of its investment portfolio due to environmental concerns, the Norwegian central bank said on Friday. ... more 
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smogCincinnati OH (SPX) May 04, 2017 Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust on one of the most remote mountain roads in ... more |
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 Indian Space Agency Test-Drives Solar Electric Hybrid Vehicle  
India's Space Agency Saves Over US$ 2 Billion per Year for the CountryNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 01, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not just building satellites or driving innovation by sharing its Lithium-ion batteries for powering vehicles, the space agency is helping fishermen ... more  
Scientists uncover substance telling ants which will become queensWashington (UPI) May 3, 2017 Researchers have identified the "princess pheromone" that tells a colony of ants when an ant larva will become the queen. ... more
India to launch GSAT-9 communication satellite on May 5: ISRONew Delhi (IANS) May 01, 2017 India will launch communication satellite GSAT-9 using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) on May 5, the ISRO said on Friday. According to Indian Space Research ... more 
Tibetan people have multiple adaptations for life at high altitudesWashington DC (SPX) May 01, 2017 The Tibetan people have inherited variants of five different genes that help them live at high altitudes, with one gene originating in the extinct human subspecies, the Denisovans. Hao Hu and Chad H ... more |
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  Palestine TX (SPX) May 11, 2017 
NASA completed its third mid-latitude Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) flight at 11:24 p.m. EDT, Saturday, May 6, after 12 days, 4 hours and 34 minutes aloft. Flight controllers at NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, conducted a controlled flight termination of the balloon, which slowly descended back to Earth impacting in the South Pacific Ocean about 200 miles south of ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 12, 2017Service Academies Swarm Challenge Pushes the Boundaries of Autonomous Swarm Capabilities  Washington (UPI) May 12, 2017Boeing receives Apache remanufacturing contract for UK (UPI) May 10, 2017Rolls-Royce to provide logistical, engineering support for the KC-130J |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 10, 2017 
South Korea plans to open the world's largest test site for self-driving cars in October, government officials said.
K-City, an 88-acre site, is under construction and will provide testing ground as large as a city, according the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport said.
K-City will be twice the size of MCity, the vehicle testing site in Ann Arbor, Mich.
But it wi ... more Washington (AFP) May 11, 2017Judge blesses $1 bn compensation deal in VW diesel case  San Francisco (AFP) May 12, 2017Judge seeks criminal review of Uber-Alphabet dispute  Chicago IL (SPX) May 12, 2017Experiments show that a few self-driving cars can dramatically improve traffic flow |
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 Sydney (AFP) May 11, 2017 
A major Australian power grid operator was Thursday partially leased to a local-foreign consortium in a multi-billion-dollar deal, ending an international chase for electricity assets being privatised to raise funds for infrastructure projects.
Australia's largest state New South Wales has sought to privatise three large power assets - TransGrid, Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy - but faced ro ... more (UPI) May 10, 2017Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy  Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Myanmar recovery linked to development of electrical grid  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017U.S. emissions generally lower last year |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 15, 2017 
Since the discovery two decades ago of the unconventional topological superconductor Sr2RuO4, scientists have extensively investigated its properties at temperatures below its 1 K critical temperature (Tc), at which a phase transition from a metal to superconducting state occurs.
Now experiments done at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Madhavan and Abbamonte laboratori ... more Kent UK (SPX) May 15, 2017Harnessing geometric frustration to tune batteries for greater power  Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2017Mini heat engine could power tomorrow's tiny machines  Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017No batteries necessary, new medical implant derives energy from the human body |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) May 13, 2017 
South Africa will relaunch plans to build nuclear power plants by signing new agreements with several countries, Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said Saturday.
A court in Cape Town last month ruled the government had failed to allow adequate public consultation for preliminary agreements with Russia, South Korea and the United States for the construction of eight reactors.
Struggling to ... more Los Angeles (AFP) May 10, 2017Tunnel collapse at US nuclear site raises safety concerns Los Angeles (AFP) May 10, 2017Tunnel collapses at US nuke site, no radiation leak  Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017Plutonium research to aid nuclear cleanup techniques |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 12, 2017 
Supermassive holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers recently hunted down what could be a supermassive black hole that may be on the move.
This possible renegade black hole, which contains about 160 million times the mass of our Sun, is located in an elliptic ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) May 12, 2017'Fire-streaks' are created in collisions of atomic nuclei  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) May 12, 2017Discovery in the Early Universe Poses Black Hole Growth Puzzle  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 16, 2017What drives the accelerating expansion of the universe |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 14, 2017 
When Saurabh Ahuja tried to import a $600 3D printer for manufacturing drones in his Delhi workshop, he ended up spending another $900 in taxes and bribes and waited three months for it to clear customs.
"We lack in technology and industry to make the smallest things, so we have to import," Ahuja said as he listed the frustrations entrepreneurs still encounter since the government launched i ... more Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2017China decries protectionism, but some raise concerns  Washington (AFP) May 14, 2017US-China trade pact: a Trump triumph or rehashed news? Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2017China hosts Silk Road summit in shadow of N.Korea missile |
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 Washington (AFP) May 14, 2017 
Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier drawing deeply on his cigarette. Barbed wire and snowy foothills loom behind him.
The headline: "How Not to Lose in Afghanistan." The date: April 20, 2009.
More than eight years later, the Pentagon finds itself in the same quandary.
Again.
This time round, it is Pr ... more Washington (AFP) May 11, 2017Security in Afghanistan likely to 'deteriorate': US intelligence  Istanbul (AFP) May 10, 2017Turkey slams US rapid arming Syrian Kurds in IS fight  London (AFP) May 10, 2017NATO mulls sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan |
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 Geneva (AFP) May 15, 2017 
Scientists will intensify scrutiny of the polar regions as part of an international campaign to improve global weather predictions and minimise risks linked to rapid climate change, the UN said Monday.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said a full year would be dedicated to improving polar forecasting capacities in the Arctic and another year would be spent doing the same in Antarc ... more Fairbanks, United States (AFP) May 11, 2017Tillerson: Trump will not rush US climate policy review Atlanta GA (SPX) May 15, 2017Rising temperatures threaten stability of Tibetan alpine grasslands  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2017Shelf sediments reveal climate shifts through the eons |
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 Tehran (AFP) May 14, 2017 
The investment gold rush that was supposed to follow Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and revitalise the economy has not materialised, leaving many voters disillusioned ahead of Friday's election.
The figures say it all - President Hassan Rouhani wanted $50 billion a year in foreign investment to reach his target of eight-percent growth.
But since the nuclear deal came into force i ... more Seoul (AFP) May 14, 2017N. Korea test-fires missile in bid to test South, US  Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2017Moon's win shows 'longing' for change: N.Korean envoy  Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2017NKorea might meet with US; Wants extradition of SK's spy chief |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017 
China has freed a prominent human rights lawyer on bail, Amnesty International said Wednesday, after he admitted to his crimes in what critics called a show trial.
Xie Yang, who had worked on cases considered politically sensitive by China's ruling Communist Party, was among hundreds of legal staff and activists detained in the so-called "709 crackdown" in 2015.
He pleaded guilty Monday ... more Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017China lawyer's wife seeks US asylum after brazen escape  Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2017China wants its anthem sung, but maybe not at parties  Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2017Chinese human rights lawyers seen as enemies of the state |
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 Nairobi (AFP) May 12, 2017 
Blood was already pooling in the seat of her car when a second bullet tore through the driver's door and thumped into Kuki Gallmann's abdomen.
"It felt like a punch," the 73-year-old author and conservationist said this week, speaking for the first time since being wounded a fortnight ago by suspected illegal herders on her 88,000-acre (36,000 hectare) ranch in Kenya's central highlands.
... more Abidjan (AFP) May 12, 2017Gunfire as I.Coast troops resume protest despite 'apology'  Abidjan (AFP) May 12, 2017Ivory Coast's rebel soldiers apologise to president  Tunis (AFP) May 10, 2017Army to protect Tunisia economy from protests: president |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2017 
Saab's mobile camouflage system is undergoing field evaluation in Germany by the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment during its operational training.
The mobile camouflage, made by the company's Barracuda business unit, provides protection to stationary vehicles as well as vehicles on the move.
"Mobile camouflage and signature management is more important now than at any time in the ... more Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017CAE wins UAV training contract  Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2017Elbit introduces upgraded vehicle mortar system  Washington (UPI) May 12, 2017India seeks CBRN protective equipment |
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 Washington (UPI) May 12, 2017 
The attack submarine Romeo Romel, the fourth being build for the Naval Armament Unit of the Italian navy, was delivered at Italian defense contractor Fincantieri's shipyard at Muggiano, the company announced on Thursday.
The vessel is the last of four submarines being built in the U212A Todaro-class.
The previous ship, Pietro Venuti, a twin of the Romeo Romel, was delivered in Ju ... more Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017Austal opens new office in Australian contract bid  Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan begins sea trials  Washington (UPI) May 5, 2017DCNS to modernize three French navy frigates |
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 Miami (AFP) May 12, 2017  So what is it like to float out into the vacuum of space?
"Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping hot awesomesauce," said American astronaut Jack Fischer as he embarked on his first-ever spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday.
The comments by Fischer, 43, were carried live on NASA television as he and his colleague Peggy Whitson, 57, made the 200th spacewal ... more Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) May 15, 2017Six-legged livestock - sustainable food production  Houston TX (SPX) May 09, 2017External commercial ISS platform starts second mission  Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2017NASA Receives Proposals for Future Solar System Mission |
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